Tillandsia araujei
Tillandsia araujei originates from the tropical hilly regions of Brazil and was first described in 1931 by the Argentine-Brazilian botanist Alberto Castellanos.
The species name "araujei" likely honors a Brazilian person named Araujo, as is common in the botanical nomenclature of this region - however, the exact origin of the name is not confirmed.
Features:
It forms bushy, often branched rosettes with narrow, firm, gray-green leaves. With proper care, delicate pink to salmon-colored flowers appear.
Care Instructions:
Light: Very bright to sunny, tolerates direct morning and evening sun well.
Water: Spray 2-3 times a week or occasionally soak. Afterwards, allow to dry thoroughly.
Humidity: Medium to high (from 50%), with good air circulation.
Fertilizer: We recommend using our special Tillandsia or orchid fertilizer in diluted form 1-2 times per month in spring and summer.
Temperature: 18-30 °C, relatively drought tolerant for a green Tillandsia, but sensitive to frost.
Note: No substrate needed. Its compact, robust growth makes it ideal for attachments on wood, cork, or in airy decorative containers.
Our greenhouses are equipped with modern energy screens and double glazing to efficiently save on heating costs. Additionally, we collect rainwater over the entire roof area of 9,000 square meters and use only this water to irrigate all our crops. We collect the rainwater in underground tanks with a total volume of 600,000 liters.
Since 2007, we have been heating our entire operation with a fully automated 850 kW wood chip heating system and a 100,000-liter buffer storage tank. Environmentally friendly and CO2-neutral. Only to support during very cold winter days and nights is a conventional oil heating system available.
Since 2014, the heating has been supported by a solar thermal system with an annual yield of about 20 megawatt-hours.
In 2020, we installed a photovoltaic system with 30 kW peak and have been producing more green electricity per year than our entire operation requires.
Since 2021, we use exclusively pots for our self-produced plants that are not only 100% recyclable but are also entirely made from recycled pots. To this end, we collect all used pots that arise in our operation and have them picked up in big bags by our pot supplier Göttinger. There, the pots are cleaned and processed in a water-free recycling facility into new pots that come back to us.
